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The ancien régime (/ ˌ ɒ̃ s j æ̃ r eɪ ˈ ʒ iː m /; French: [ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim] ⓘ; lit. ' old rule ' ) was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned [ 1 ] through its abolition in 1790 of the feudal system of the French nobility [ 2 ] and in 1792 through its execution of King Louis ...
This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France .
The administrative and social structures of the Ancien Régime were the result of years of state-building, legislative acts (like the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts), internal conflicts and civil wars, but they remained a confusing patchwork of local privilege and historic differences until the French Revolution brought about a radical ...
During the Ancien Régime over the next centuries, France transformed into a centralized absolute monarchy through the Renaissance and Reformation. At the height of the French Wars of Religion , France became embroiled in another succession crisis, as the last Valois king, Henry III , fought against factions the House of Bourbon and House of ...
The Ancien Régime [a] also known as the Old Regime, was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500) until 1789 and the French Revolution [7] which abolished the feudal system of the French nobility (1790) [8] and hereditary monarchy (1792). [9]
Ancien Régime (481–1791) Royal Council : Council of State (13th c.–1790) separate from the Conseil des affaires (later, Conseil d'en haut) (16th c.–1792) Kingdom of France (481–1792) Feudal monarchy: 1 Jun 987 – 14 May 1610 [f] Feudal monarchy (987–1610) Absolutism: 14 May 1610 – 14 Sep 1791 [g] Absolutism (1610–1791)
The Kingdom of France (the remnant of the preceding absolutist Kingdom of France) was a constitutional monarchy from 3 September 1791 until 21 September 1792, when it was succeeded by the French First Republic.
Ancien Régime. Valois-Orléans kings: 1498–1515: Valois-Angoulême kings: 1515–1589: ... The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Paris, France.